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Old 14-11-2016, 00:07
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OK, I admit to not having watched particularly attentively this week - but where was the cloak in Greg's Paso? There didn't seem to be one.

I thought he nailed it in the DO. Well done.

I do worry about his knees, though. Some tortuous choreography there.
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Old 14-11-2016, 00:09
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He did a bit of 'scarf waving' at the beginning, which, sorry, made me laugh a bit. He's so macho after all.
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Old 14-11-2016, 00:11
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OK, I admit to not having watched particularly attentively this week - but where was the cloak in Greg's Paso? There didn't seem to be one.

I thought he nailed it in the DO. Well done.

I do worry about his knees, though. Some tortuous choreography there.
I think that Natalie was wearing a covering over her shoulders which Greg removed at the top of the stairs and performed "cloakography" with, then discarded it before his leap on to the main dance floor!
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Old 14-11-2016, 00:16
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OK, I admit to not having watched particularly attentively this week - but where was the cloak in Greg's Paso? There didn't seem to be one.

I thought he nailed it in the DO. Well done.

I do worry about his knees, though. Some tortuous choreography there.
He took the cloak from around Nat's shoulders right at the start & gave it a quick twirl or two before he did the big jump onto the dancefloor!!

I absolutely loved the routine but then I'm a sucker for a traditional Paso set to proper music!!
Hated Claudia/Aj's last week but that was down to the song rather than their performance!!

I do worry for Greg from here on as that was the dance I was most looking forward to from him & I think his next Latin type could see him eliminated!!
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Old 14-11-2016, 00:40
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He took the cloak from around Nat's shoulders right at the start & gave it a quick twirl or two before he did the big jump onto the dancefloor!!

I absolutely loved the routine but then I'm a sucker for a traditional Paso set to proper music!!
Hated Claudia/Aj's last week but that was down to the song rather than their performance!!

I do worry for Greg from here on as that was the dance I was most looking forward to from him & I think his next Latin type could see him eliminated!!
If he dodges one of them, he's only got either samba or charleston left which he'd have to do in the semi-final if he made it that far. If Natalie chooses to drop one of his two remaining latins, he'd have a run of ballrooms for the next three weeks, albeit one of them being the AT.
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Old 14-11-2016, 01:33
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I think that Natalie was wearing a covering over her shoulders which Greg removed at the top of the stairs and performed "cloakography" with, then discarded it before his leap on to the main dance floor!
To you and to others on this thread who identified the cloakography! (nice word) Thanks, I more or less missed it, having just re-entered the living from making tea - or something - during the beginning. I caught his jump, though!

Thanks, all.
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Old 14-11-2016, 01:39
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It was more like shawlography, TBH
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Old 14-11-2016, 01:45
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It was more like shawlography, TBH
More like hankie waving.
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Old 14-11-2016, 05:28
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More like hankie waving.
Hanky Panky then.
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Old 14-11-2016, 07:31
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I was always taught to believe that in a traditional 'paso doble'.....the man is the bullfighter and the lady is the cloak.
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Old 14-11-2016, 08:27
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I was always taught to believe that in a traditional 'paso doble'.....the man is the bullfighter and the lady is the cloak.
I've always thought it was more interchangeable than that and that one of them can also be the bull.
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Old 14-11-2016, 08:35
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They don't always have a cape. Some of the judges don't like them anyway.
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Old 14-11-2016, 08:36
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OK, I admit to not having watched particularly attentively this week - but where was the cloak in Greg's Paso? There didn't seem to be one.

I thought he nailed it in the DO. Well done.

I do worry about his knees, though. Some tortuous choreography there.
Cloaks aren't used in competitive paso doble, so there's no requirement to have one.
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Old 14-11-2016, 09:02
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in paso man=matador and woman the cape - authentic paso never has a cloak or cloak wafting
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Old 14-11-2016, 09:30
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OK, I admit to not having watched particularly attentively this week - but where was the cloak in Greg's Paso? There didn't seem to be one.

I thought he nailed it in the DO. Well done.

I do worry about his knees, though. Some tortuous choreography there.
there doesnt necessarily have to be a cloak
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Old 14-11-2016, 09:42
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They don't always have a cape. Some of the judges don't like them anyway.
I guess there is the suspicion that getting the male celebrity to waft around a cloak for 10 seconds is a way of filling time if you have a duff dancer!
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Old 14-11-2016, 16:37
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I've always thought it was more interchangeable than that and that one of them can also be the bull.
The man is always the matador, so you are suggesting the lady can be the bull? No, never. She is always the cape.
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Old 14-11-2016, 16:47
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I thought Tess had pinched it for her strange outfit for the "Sunday" Resolts Show
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Old 14-11-2016, 16:50
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More like hankie waving.
LOL It was wasn't it. Not a cloak by any stretch, more a scarf maybe, lol, or as you say a hankie. He looked like a real prat waving it around all macho, hehe.
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Old 14-11-2016, 16:55
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It's not a cloak, it's a caaaaaape!

(How could I not remember Nancy Dell'Ollio? )
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Old 14-11-2016, 17:01
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The Paso doesn't need to have a cape. Len especially doesn't like "caping" so the long-standing pros tend to know not to bother with it.
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Old 14-11-2016, 17:51
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They don't always have a cape. Some of the judges don't like them anyway.
I don't like it when they wave a cape - totally unnecessary in my opinion - but I thought the shawl waving was ridiculous.
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Old 14-11-2016, 17:52
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I think it was that bit of foo-foo he took off Nat's shoulders right at the beginning and waved it about as if her was waving bye bye as a train left the station
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